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  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 168

    Caption: "Mission Street After the Quake," 1906. A view of the severe damage to Mission Street after the earthquake. Considered one of the worst natural disasters in the country's history, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and destroyed over 500 city blocks, leaving approximately 200,000 residents homeless.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 11, Photograph 207

    Caption: "Woolworth Bldg. Broadway, N.Y. Aug. 8, 1934." Bird's eye view of a portion of New York City, with the Woolworth Building at the left. Constructed between 1910 and 1920 and designed by architect Cass Gilbert, the Neo-Gothic building was once the tallest in the world at 792 feet.

    Date: 8/8/1934

  • eichler_f3274_453_4

    Design and drawing of California State Building for Nevada Highways Exposition in Reno, Nevada, by Alfred Eichler, c. 1926; from packet of designs and plans by Eichler for the Transcontinental Highways Exposition of 1927. Built. Initial appropriation of $100,000 was reduced to $50,000, so only one half of the plan was built. The tower was eliminated.

    Date: 1925

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 120

    Caption: "The Extremes," c. 1906, shows one large dog and one small dog, in front of a building at an unidentified location.

    Date: 1906

  • McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 028

    Caption: "Bakers [sic] Beach," c. 1906. Baker Beach begins just south of Golden Gate Point and extends approximately one half-mile southward to Seacliff Peninsula.

    Date: 1906

  • eichler_f3274_165

    Drawing of Home Making Cottage, Mesa Campus, Santa Barbara State College. Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Not built. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1932

  • McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 114

    Caption: "The Chutes," c, 1907, were an attraction at an amusement park located on 10th and Fulton Streets in San Francisco from 1902 - 1907.

    Date: 1907

  • eichler_f3274_333

    Caption: "Quarters for Chief of Staff, Ninth Corps Area - 1, East Cantonment - Presidio S. F." Preliminary design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for California Military Department.

    Date: 1939

  • McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 003

    Caption: "State Capitol -- Calif." Shows an entrance to California's State Capitol Building in Sacramento, as well as surrounding trees and steps leading to doorway.

    Date: 1927

  • eichler_f3274_123_007

    Caption: "Circular Window in Social Hall. Fresno State College, Students Union." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Project for Department of Education.

    Date: 1940